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Mandera, Kenya (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 - In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
Jan 27, 2026
New York (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 - More than half a million Americans woke up without power Tuesday, as freezing temperatures gripped swathes of the country in a monster storm that has killed at least 30 people.
Jan 27, 2026
Sydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 - Firefighters told people to flee an out-of-control bushfire in southeast Australia on Tuesday as a heatwave baked much of the country.
Jan 27, 2026
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 - At least nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and over a dozen are missing after IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military patrol in northeast Borno state, military and militia sources told AFP Tuesday.
Jan 27, 2026
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 - A federal court in San Francisco began hearing a case Monday brought by fishermen against tire companies over a chemical additive which plaintiffs allege can be deadly to endangered salmon.
Jan 27, 2026
New York (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 - Perilously cold temperatures threatened millions of Americans Monday in the wake of a sprawling winter storm that left at least 23 people dead as it knocked out power and paralyzed transportation.
Jan 27, 2026
Cisarua, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 17 on Monday, a disaster official said, as rescue operations entered a third day.
Jan 26, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - A monster storm barreling across swathes of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into Monday.
Jan 26, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday.
Jan 26, 2026
Abuja (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom's deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants.
Jan 26, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - A Hong Kong court heard recordings of defiant anti-Beijing speeches, some dating back nearly three decades, as prosecutors presented their case on Monday against two democracy activists facing national security charges.
Jan 26, 2026
Toronto, Canada (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - Canada's federal government on Monday gave Marineland conditional approval to sell its 30 imperilled beluga whales to parks in the United States, after rejecting an export request to China.
Jan 26, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 - A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have delivered a major share of the planet's water. A new study that mines the Moon's imp
Jan 26, 2026
Rome (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge, authorities said Monday.
Jan 26, 2026
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - The Sudanese army said on Monday it had broken a long?running siege of Dilling, a city in the country's south, where paramilitary forces had choked off access for more than a year and a half.
Jan 26, 2026
Aboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 - This month, AFP reported from OceanXplorer, a high-tech marine research vessel owned by billionaire-backed non-profit OceanX, as it studied seamounts off Indonesia.
Jan 26, 2026
